java.lang.annotation

Class IncompleteAnnotationException

public class IncompleteAnnotationException extends RuntimeException

Thrown when accessing an element within an annotation which was added since compilation or serialization took place, and does not have a default value.

Since: 1.5

Constructor Summary
	IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> type, String name) Constructs a new `IncompleteAnnotationException` which indicates that the element, `name`, was missing from the annotation, `type` at compile time and does not have a default value.

Method Summary
Class<? extends Annotation>	annotationType() Returns the class representing the type of annotation from which an element was missing.
String	elementName() Returns the name of the missing annotation element.

Constructor Detail

IncompleteAnnotationException

public IncompleteAnnotationException(Class<? extends Annotation> type, String name)

Constructs a new IncompleteAnnotationException which indicates that the element, name, was missing from the annotation, type at compile time and does not have a default value.

Parameters: type the type of annotation from which an element is missing. name the name of the missing element.

Method Detail

annotationType

public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType()

Returns the class representing the type of annotation from which an element was missing.

Returns: the type of annotation.

elementName

public String elementName()

Returns the name of the missing annotation element.

Returns: the element name.